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Just B Yoga founder, Belinda Thurston, to speak at social justice summit

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Nancy Candea, director of Yoga Impact and the International Yoga Therapy Institute. She had heard of the work Just B Yoga does with accessibility and inclusion and wanted me to share the concept with her teacher trainees in New Jersey via web cam. (see video below) It

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Just B Yoga helps make social justice workshops trauma-informed

Just B Yoga founder, Belinda Thurston, has been contracted to work with the Ingham County Health Department to revise its Health Equity and Social Justice Workshop. The workshop has been doing groundbreaking work for nearly a decade, training employees and the public about how privilege and oppression affect access to public health. Belinda is being

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Twice the fun! Two Curvy classes on schedule now

You asked for it. Just B Yoga now offers Yoga 2eXceL twice a week. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. SIGN UP FOR CLASS HERE I thank you all for your support of this class. We are the only Curvy Friendly yoga studio in the Lansing area. Belinda got her Curvy Friendly training from Anna

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Step by step: Revelations in a walking meditation

I led a group of about 7 people on a walking meditation recently. It was one of my workplace clients and our room had been changed to a conference room. I removed as many distractions from the room as I could. We cleared the white board of the project work that was scribbled there. We

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We want to add another Plus-sized yoga class; vote here

Yoga 2eXceL, our plus-sized yoga class, has become so popular we’d like to offer it twice a week. The current class is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and we will keep that one. But we’d like you to tell us when you’d like us to add the second class. Vote and keep your eye out for

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Yoga on the Ball series, March 22-April 26

Looking to increase your core stability and balance? Want to try an invigorating class that blends yoga postures with a high intensity workout? Yoga on the Ball could be for you. The next six-week series starts March 22 and goes through April 26.   $72 for the series; $15 drop-in. Class size limited to six

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The benefits of meditation at work

We started a new contract offering midday meditation twice a week for employees at the Board of Water & Light this year. The first session, at the old depot station, started with just a handful of people, seated on the floor with essential oils diffusing. But a steady stream of late-comers tip-toeing in reflected the

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Yoga 1.0 series starts Jan. 7

What is yoga? Is it a religion? What’s the OM? I’m not flexible. I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m not advanced enough.   Yoga. So ancient and yet so foreign to many of us. We are bombarded with images online or in magazines of perfectly sculpted bodies in seemingly impossible contorted grace. We are

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Christmas schedule at Just B Yoga

Just B Yoga is offering its regular classes on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25. Continue your practice and feel free to bring your family with you! Meditation and Chakra Flow on Sunday, Dec. 24. 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. respectively. Yin Yoga on Monday, Dec. 25 at 7 p.m. Find peace in your body, breath

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Just B Yoga rate change for 2018

Just B Yoga is committed to offering yoga, tai chi and meditation classes as affordably as possible. We are proud to offer quality instruction and a loving, inclusive environment. We supply the mats and props for student use. The cost of operating – utilities, certifications, insurance – continues to rise. Starting Jan. 1, 2018 our

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Just say no to on-the-go yoga

Slow down. That’s the theme of our Monday night Yin Yoga with Donnielle and the Restorative Yoga class on Tuesday nights with Heather. Slow DOWN. Everything doesn’t have to be GO, GO, GO Why would we want to take that attitude with us on the yoga mat if that’s what we face every second off

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Help Just B Yoga better serve you

Dear friends, This month Just B Yoga is celebrating seven years of providing donation-based classes and workshops in the Lansing area. We’ve been honored to be recognized as the top yoga studio in Lansing for several years and this year as a top studio in the state of Michigan! But that doesn’t mean we can’t

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